No, the method of iron smelting cannot be handed over like this.

Qinglong coughed lightly: "It's not impossible for me to teach, but I have one condition, the knife you fight must unconditionally divide half of me." ”

Qian Yu was stunned: "Divide half of you?" Yes, as long as the price given by Venerable Qinglong is appropriate. ”

"What?" Qinglong was stunned, "Let me pay?" I mean get half of it for free. ”

"Do you want to take it for nothing?" Qian Yu looked at him in disbelief.

Looking at Qian Yu's expression like a knife, Qinglong's heart suddenly felt extremely comfortable, "It's not for nothing, do you know how much I cost for this method of forging steel?"

------- the lives of sixteen brothers, plus eight thousand taels of silver, this is not counting the hard work of other people, and it is not too much to collect some interest now, right? ”

Having said that, what Qinglong thought in his heart was: Hmph, I will double the price, no matter how you bargain, you will not lose money.

Before Yu Yuyu could speak, Niu Qi looked unhappy: "Venerable Qinglong, your secret recipe should be kept for your own use, Lord Qian also knows the method of forging steel, let's just get it ourselves!" ”

Qinglong looked at Qian Yu in surprise: "Do you know the method of forging steel?" ”

Qian Yu shook his head: "Venerable Qinglong is exaggerating, how can I know what forged steel is, I can only use a little iron smelting theory." ”

After speaking, he also gave Niu Qi a look and asked him not to talk nonsense, in his opinion, Qinglong was kind enough to help him, no matter what, he had to admit this favor, what was the matter with refusing directly? Just put it mildly.

Qinglong thought that the two of them were deliberately provocative, he looked at Niu Qi, then at Qian Yu, and sneered: "You really understand the method of steelmaking?" Why don't we make a bet? ”

Qian Yu said: "Don't gamble, as the saying goes, a small gamble hurts, a big gamble hurts the body, everyone is a white-clothed sect, and it hurts too much if you lose your eyes." ”

Seeing that Qian Yu was soft, Qinglong didn't want to be aggressive: "Don't dare to bet, forget it, the province will spread the word that I bullied you, so let's tell you the secret recipe, you divide me by one-third of the knife, how about it!" ”

Qian Yu said: "Venerable Qinglong, I'm really sorry, you also know that the Holy Maiden asked me to train the newly recruited soldiers, and now I urgently need a large number of weapons to equip them, and I can't give them to you." I also know a little bit about the method of steelmaking, so I won't bother Venerable Qinglong. ”

"You ......" Qinglong didn't expect Qian Yu to refuse so simply, could he really understand the method of steelmaking? In this way, isn't he as flamboyant as a clown?

Qinglong's swarthy face turned red, and he took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and slapped them on the table: "See these silvers?" This is 30% of the proceeds of the attack on Yiwen County. I'm going to bet with you on the method of steelmaking, and if you win, they're all yours, and if you lose, the weapons you forge are all mine, how about it? ”

Qian Yu couldn't help but feel a little moved, he didn't want to attack the income of Yiwen County before, he just wanted to break off the relationship with the Baiyi Sect. Now that he has joined the White Clothes Sect, he still has the task of training soldiers on his shoulders, so the more money he has, the better.

"Since Venerable Qinglong has to make a bet, it is better to obey his fate than to be respectful. What do you think is the specific gambling method? ”

"Bet on whose method forges steel with good quality and short time." Qinglong had already thought about this.

Qian Yu said: "Do you want to start now, or do you want to pick another time?" ”

"Of course, it's another time, and besides, this matter needs to be witnessed by the Holy Maiden, and someone in the province has lost and repented."

The two of them high-fived three times, which can be regarded as a preliminary agreement.

Waiting for Qinglong to leave, Zhang Cripple looked at Qian Yu worriedly: "Master Qian, the old man heard that Venerable Qinglong obtained a method of forging a hundred steels some time ago, and the steel knife is indestructible, and it is not so easy to win him." ”

Niu Qi's opinion was completely opposite to that of Zhang Cripple: "As far as the Qinglong Venerable can understand a hundred steels? Uncle Zhang, I'm not afraid to tell you, Master Qian is the originator of 100 steelmaking, do you know the master Zuo ten years ago? ”

"Do you mean that the first master of Dahua who provoked the Eighteen Virtuous Kings because of Duan Gang's law, and finally broke his family, Master Zuo?"

"That's right, Master Qian is the personal disciple of Master Zuo."

"Hiss~" Zhang lame gasped, and at the same time felt a lot more relieved, Master Zuo's method of forging steel is amazing, Qian Yu can get his true inheritance, not to mention the first in the world, and those who are more powerful than him will never exceed the number of five fingers. No matter how strong the Green Dragon Venerable's method of forging steel is, there is no hope of winning.

Qian Yu didn't care about winning or losing, because he heard Zhang Cripple mention the Eighteen Sage Kings, wasn't the father of the fourth generation killed by the emperor? Why did you get involved with the Eighteen Sages again? Is there anything else in the middle that no one knows? Thinking of this, he immediately asked the question in his heart.

Zhang lame sighed: "Master Qian, if you ask others, maybe you really don't know about this matter, and it's only me...... ...... year"

As Zhang Cripple told the story, Qian Yu learned what happened.

It turned out that Zhang Cripple was an apprentice under Zuo Dajiang at that time, because of his exquisite skills, the things created by Zuo Dajiang have always been regarded as treasures, especially a military general who took the long knife he beat out, and cut eighteen heads in a row on the battlefield, but it was still as sharp as new, Zuo Dajiang's reputation was even more prosperous, and all the generals of Dahua regarded him as a guest.

As the saying goes, the height is not cold, and when the Eighteen Sages saw that the master Zuo was so famous, he immediately had the heart to solicit.

Because the emperor and the eighteen virtuous kings fought openly and secretly, the court was divided into three factions, the pro-emperor faction, the pro-eighteen virtuous kings faction and the neutral faction, and Zuo Dajiang belonged to the neutral faction.

Generally, the neutral people are more tactful, no matter whether the emperor or the eighteen virtuous kings show favor, they always giggle and pretend to be confused, but this master of the left is different.

Master Zuo is upright, he can sit in the position of a master craftsman, all thanks to the ancestral method of forging steel, plus such a craftsman has no impact on the court, but has always been safe.

In the face of the solicitation of the Eighteen Virtuous Kings, Zuo Dajiang's upright temper was committed again, and he sneered at this powerful prince, and the result can be imagined.

"The eighteen sages of the king to forge steel is the law of the country for the reason, the joint letter to force the left master to hand over the method of forging steel, at first the emperor tried his best to reject, and then the eighteen sages kept sending people to the book, day after day, the emperor finally a little shaken, and felt sorry for him, so he gave the position of marquis.

Zuo Dajiang happily agreed, and just when everyone thought that the matter had been satisfactorily resolved, there was news that Zuo Dajiang hanged himself that night, and the fire of Zuo's family was razed to the ground. ”

Although he heard what the fourth generation of Zuo said, Qian Yu couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, the Eighteen Sage Kings are too pressing, but Master Zuo is also a little persistent, using the method of forging steel in exchange for the position of marquis, not only did he not suffer, but he made money, and he didn't enjoy the wealth in front of him, he had to keep the ancestral teachings, which was a little pedantic." ”

Who knew that Zhang Cripple sneered: "Pedantic? You don't know Zuo Dajiang at all, he's not pedantic. Not to mention that the emperor gave him the position of a marquis, as long as he opened his mouth and asked Master Zuo to directly come up with the method of forging steel, Master Zuo would not frown. Zuo Dajiang was killed by the Eighteen Sages King. ”

"What?" Qian Yu was taken aback, could it be that there was an inside story?

Zhang lame said: "On the day when the emperor conferred the position of Marquis of Zuo Dajiang, the Zuo family was brightly lit to celebrate, and I was on the scene. Later, a group of black-clothed people suddenly broke into the door, and they killed people when they saw them, and more than 100 people in the Zuo family were killed in an instant.

After killing the people, they forced the master Zuo to write a suicide note and created the illusion of hanging himself. These are things that I have seen with my own eyes, and there can be no mistake.

At that time, I was slashed in the chest and thigh by these people, and they all thought I was dead, but no one expected that I was wearing a new silk armor made by the master, and I could not be injured by a knife or gun.

It's a pity that this leg is not guarded, and it will never be able to stand up. ”